"My parents were big on fighting for what you believe in. I tell people all the time, God has to yell at me to get me to move. Law school was never part of my trajectory. I went to a liberal-arts school. Little Shop of Horrors was one of my favorite movies growing up, and they were doing the musical at school. I was cast as Ronnette."
"I was a public defender. I had a sixteen-year-old that had been charged with felony burglary. He was on a probation revocation. He broke into the concession stand at his high school and stole candy valued at twenty dollars or so. It was insane. A kid did a kid thing. They were revoking his probation for failing to show up to his probation officer when his mom was having to take him and she was working."
Jasmine Crockett represents Texas's 30th Congressional District and is known as a fierce critic of the Trump administration. She launched a Senate campaign aiming to become the first Democrat to win statewide office in Texas in over thirty years. Her parents emphasized fighting for beliefs and she initially planned a nonlegal career. A college mock-trial coach encouraged her to try law, leading to a full scholarship to Texas Southern University School of Law and top-ten-percent class standing. Her experience as a public defender, including a harsh sentence for a teenager who stole candy, motivated her entry into public service.
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